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The Two-Minute Interview Rule That Reveals Real Candidates
Lucas and Luna unpack a counterintuitive hiring insight: the best predictor of a candidate's potential might be what happens in the first two minutes of the conversation. Drawing on a 2024 study of 10,000 interview transcripts from a major tech firm, they explore how early verbal cues — like asking clarifying questions or referencing past failures without prompting — correlate strongly with long-term performance and retention. Lucas walks through the data: candidates who asked a question within the first 120 seconds of the interview were 34 percent less likely to leave within 18 months…
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